How can I change my bank from Bangkok Bank to another without affecting my visa extension funds?

For 9 years my BKK Bank branch would give me my letters right away. This past visa extension, they were very uncooperative when giving me my 65k monthly deposit letter. I brought printouts of one years worth of statements from the online website with my passbook which showed all my foreign transfers. They told me they had to provide the statements which would take a week. The ones I had were the very same ones they would get anyway. We tried another Bangkok Bank branch and they provided a letter right away. To save myself some grief next year, I opened an account at Kasikorn, who are highly praised for providing foreign deposit letters for long stay purposes.

Chonburi immigration officer told me you can move the money to a new account as long as it's out and in on the same day.

If you have the BKK phone app.you can download all statements for the last 12 months. They did away with the website that only went back 6 months.

I use SCB, had my statement in 15 minute's

Open account in K-Bank ( green color bank ) move money into account get letter - this is the savings amount not monthly statement of income BKK bank isnt good

Just a thought I'm with Bangkok bank and get 2 x 6 month statements, the local branch does it.

I would go into Kasikorn Bank and ask them.

They will be able to move All your money from BKK bank into a new account with them. Making everything traceable shouldn't make any problems with Immigration.

Both Kasikorn and SCB banks are easy banks to deal with.

K Bank is the best !

Depends on the method you use to get your extension

For the 800k method I'd keep the 800k in Bangkok Bank for 3 months after getting the extension then I'd move 400k into a new bank account and once your sure its safely there move the rest but leave a couple of k in bangkok bank as you'll need statements etc from both banks for the next extension

For the 65k method I'd open a new account and start your monthly transfers just before you get your next extension using bangkok bank to ensure you have a full 12 months of transfers with the new bank prior to applying for the following extension. You can do it part way through the period but again will need statements from both banks for the next extension

During the 7 months that you only need 400k in the account.. Deposit 400k in a different bank, then top up to 800k 2 months before application of extension. This way you stick to the 400k in your account year round.

I was at Bangkok Bank last year when the accounts got frozen if you didn't have the right visa. so I added money to an account at Siam Commercial Bank which was rejected by immigration because it did not have a passbook, they gave me something called an e-pass book that was rejected by immigration. I had another account at Kasikorn Bank which was also rejected for some undetermined reason. The only one they seem to really readily accept is the 11 out of 12 months of the Bangkok Bank monthly transfer account. fortunately I kept 800,000 in that account waiting until the monthly method was officially accepted and since it was rejected I was relieved to have a backup.

You can get the statements throughout the year via your BKK bank app. The certifications letter is usually issued quite easily on the day I’ve found.